Major Case Squad
Have You Seen This Man?

Police are searching the city for a man connected to a series of bank robberies this year, and they need Queens residents to help.

Although the suspect – Gerald Delano Wilson – is only being sought for bank robberies in Manhattan, police believe he frequently travels through Queens to either hide out or visit a girlfriend.

Wilson is a 63-year-old black man, described as 5’5” tall, 140 lbs, and balding, with short brown hair and brown eyes.

Police said that during his alleged robberies, Wilson typically passed notes to tellers that read, “I have a 38 revolver and will use it. I will shoot your co-workers. I am serious.” 

Wilson has been identified by fingerprints and is a prime suspect in nine Manhattan bank jobs since January, police said. The latest robbery occurred on July 18.

According to police, Wilson is a “ladies man” and a gambler who takes frequent trips to Atlantic City. He also hides out in Staten Island. He always wears glasses and has a tattoo on his left forearm that says “FRANCHETTY.”

Major Case Squad detectives said police in both Staten Island and Atlantic City are on the lookout for Wilson, as well as Atlantic City casino security guards.

Authorities consider Wilson armed and dangerous, and said he may soon be featured on “America’s Most Wanted.”

Anyone with information on Wilson is asked to contact Detective Raczynski of the Major Case Squad at (646) 610-6910. The public can also call the Crimestoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS using case number M-283.

Police are offering a $2,000 cash reward for any information leading to Wilson’s arrest.  

101st Precinct
Dead In The Water

Police and the Medical Examiner’s office are trying to figure out just how a dead man found floating off the Rockaway peninsula died.

The unidentified man, in his 60s, was found around 10:30 in the morning on Sept. 20 near Beach 19th Street and Seagirt Boulevard.

103rd Precinct
Quadruple Shooting

Police are interrogating a suspect they arrested in connection with the shooting of four men—including one who died—in Jamaica on Sept. 20.

There have been no charges pressed against the suspect, 19-year-old Manuel Madrid.

The three survivors, ages 19, 20 and 22, were each shot once.  They remain in stable to critical condition at Mary Immaculate and Jamaica Hospitals.

The fourth victim, whose name and age weren’t available at presstime, was shot in the torso and was pronounced dead on arrival at Mary Immaculate Hospital.

The shooting happened around 1:38 a.m. at the corner of 171st Street and 89th Avenue.

Queens DA’s Office
Robbery Conviction

A 35-year-old Queens automobile mechanic has been convicted of robbing two young women at gunpoint in March 2002 in Jamaica, according to Quens District Attorney Richard Brown.

Gilbert Hines of Queens Village, a mechanic at South Shore Tire Company, was found guilty of first degree robbery and fourth and fifth degree criminal possession of stolen property.

According to trial testimony, on March 3, 2002 at about 4 a.m., the victims were walking towards their vehicle near 143rd Street and 90th Avenue in Jamaica after leaving a nightclub.

As they passed a double parked car, the defendant jumped out of the car, pointed a handgun at the victims and demanded their pocketbooks. The victims handed over their handbags. The defendant then fled from the scene in the vehicle.

An investigation by detectives of the 103rd Precinct traced the automobile license plate number to a Brooklyn woman and then to the defendant who, when apprehended, was found to be in possession of the personal identification information of one of the victims in the Jamaica robbery.